Big tourism weekend in Salinas, California beginning June 16, 2026!
The Ferrari Challenge is at Laguna Seca and the Rodeo is happening in downtown Salinas, California.
Summer is here!
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games
King Hibachi has several food truck locations and dates in Salinas, California. They also do catering for parties and will drive to your location for barbecue menus.
More information and catering request form follow:
https://www.kinghibachica.com/
Note: I learned about this food truck on Tik Tok.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Gsmes
The Monterey County Weekly Online Community Calendar lists the showing of a documentary directed by David Alvarado about the life of Luis Valdez, the founder of Teatro Campesino, beginning today June 17 and laying through June 28, 2026 in San Juan Bautista, California.
Information about the documentary from the Monterey County Weekly online commmunity calendar follows:
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I think the following Tik Tok video by Christian Grossi about drone food delivery in a Chinese park shows a glimpse of the future in the US.
I like the recycling of the delivery box.
The Tik Tok video follows:
https://www.tiktok.com/@christian.grossi/video/7633007814197267742?_r=1&_t=ZP-97GtRi2XMWl
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University of Chicago suggested summer reads by Quantrell Teaching Award Winners for June 16, 2026 follow:
I think J.L. Carr’s A Month in the Country about restoring a medieval mural in Northern England thanks to highly skilled labor and the healing power of great art looks very interesting. In fact, that sounds like a good screenplay.
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games
Photographer Jason Bradley will exhibit 30 years of his work documenting life along the Pacific in his exhibit entitled Along the Pacific Edge at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in Pacific Grove, California beginning with a reception on June 17, 2026 at the Museum.
Details about the reception, artist’s talk, and exhibit follow:
https://www.bradleyphotographic.com/events/along-the-pacific-edge
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Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier written by Guy de la Bedoyere and sold by the University of Chicago Press offers fathers an examination of how the egalitarian Roman army helped create an Empire whose institutions still exist in the United States.
More information on Gladius and purchase details follow:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo68460708.html
Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of 8 Ancient Western Civilization Games detailed in the link below:
https://ruthpaget.blogspot.com/2026/03/ancient-western-civilixation-games.html?m=1
Ancient Rome and Latin Literature Reading list organized by Ruth Paget
https://ruthpaget.blogspot.com/2018/08/ancient-rome-and-latin-literature.html?m=1
Ancient Rome had to contend with Egypt, so I have included this reading list entitled Hatsupset for Egypt’s female Pharoah:
https://ruthpaget.blogspot.com/2019/01/pharaoh-hatshepset-ancient-egypt.html?m=1